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Forest Avenue Press Small Press Showcase
March 29, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FreeJoin Portland’s Forest Avenue Press in celebrating authors from ten small presses! Alex DiFrancesco, Tom DeMarchi, Wendy J. Fox, Casandra Lopez, D. Keali‘i MacKenzie, Ron Maclean, Angela Mitchell, Rheea Mukherjee, Liz Prato, and Michael Shum will read from their recently published books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at a women/GLBTQ-owned independent bookstore. Snack and beverages provided! Accessible space, only one mile from the Convention Center.
Contact: Liz Prato
[from the AWP Offsite Schedule]
For tonight’s AWP off-site reading we welcome ten authors from ten different small presses!! Reading this evening will be Tom DeMarchi (Möbius Strips, Rain Chain Press), Alex DiFrancisco (Psychopomps, Civil Coping Mechanisms Press), Wendy Fox (If the Ice Had Held, Sante Fe Writers Project), Casandra López (Brother Bullet, University of Arizona Press), Keali’i Mackenzie (From Hunger to Prayer, Silver Needle Press), Ron Maclean (We Might As Well Light Something on Fire, Braddock Avenue Books), Angela Mitchell (Unnatural Habitats, and Other Stories, WTAT Press), Rheea Mukherjee (The Body Myth, Unnamed Press), Liz Prato (Volcanoes, Palm Trees, and Privilege, Overcup Books), and Michael Shum (Queen of Spades, Forest Avenue Press).
PS: Please note the earlier reading time to accommodate evening AWP activies. PSS: Snacks and beverages!!
[from the Broadway Books website]
Forest Avenue Press is putting together a stellar lineup of small press authors from around the country. Put us on your calendar now, and we’ll make it worth your while!
[from the Facebook event page]